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Lublin grave ransacked

The grave of a 19th century Chasidic rabbi in Poland was ransacked.

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The grave of a 19th century Chasidic rabbi in Poland was ransacked. Police said thieves stole the aluminum part of the tomb belonging to Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, known as the Seer of Lublin. The police are searching for the structure, which is used by Chasidic pilgrims from around the world to place notes at the grave of Horowitz, who died in 1815.

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